Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Module 9 AP Psych
Module 9 AP Psych Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Franz Gall and Phrenology | He proposed that phrenology could reveal a person’s underlying brain size and associated mental abilities and character traits |
| Localization of function | this is the idea that various brain regions have functions |
| Biopsychosocial systems | we are a system composed of subsystems that ae in turn composed of even smaller subsystems |
| Neuron | A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system |
| dendrites | A neurons often bushy branching extensions that receive and integrate messages |
| Cell body | A part of a neuron that contains the nucleus |
| Axon | The neuron extension that passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands |
| Myelin Sheath | A fatty tissue layer segmentally encasing the axons of some neurons |
| Glial cells | Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons |
| Synapse | A junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron |
| Action Potential | A neural impulse |
| Threshold | The level of stimulation required to trigger a neural impulse |
| Refractory period | A brief resting pause that occurs after a neuron has been fired |
| All-or-none response | A neurons reaction of either firing or not firing |
| Reuptake | A neurotransmitters re absorption by the sending neuron |
| Neurotransmitters | The chemical messengers that cross synaptic gaps between neurons |
| Acetylcholine (Ach) | This enables muscle action, learning, and memory |
| Dopamine | This influences movement, learning, attention, and emotion |
| Serotonin | This affects mood, hunger, sleep and arousal |
| Norepinephrine | This helps control alertness and arousal |
| GABA | This is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter |
| Glutamate | This is a major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in memory |
| Endorphins | Neurotransmitters that influence the perception of pain of pleasure |
| Agonists | This is a molecule that increases a neurotransmitters action |
| Antagonists | This is a molecule that inhabits or blocks a neurotransmitters action |
Created by:
avaJwilliams
Popular Psychology sets